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Old 2nd Apr 2011, 10:43
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IF you mean "can we see other aircraft on radar with any reasonable hope of avoiding them, or even finding them" the answer is "NO".

The occasional aircraft will place a return on weather radar - but as the beam only sweeps horizontally at a fairly narrow altitude range, it is a very hit or miss (and very much mostly miss) to see an aircraft return on weather radar.

There is a Traffic Collision avoidance system which uses a radio beacon on each aircraft (obviously this can be turned off in times of war!) to show (and thus avoid) traffic.
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